"The Lottery" is among the forbidden acts of gambling
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Question: The lottery operations organized by some charitable bodies to fund their activities in the fields of education, medical treatment, and social services. Are they permissible in the Shari'ah?
Answer: Lottery operations are a title for gambling, which is maysir (gambling), and it is forbidden by the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and scholarly consensus, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: :[Al-Ma'idah 5:90] Indeed, Satan only wants to cause between you enmity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling, and to turn you away from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you not stop? [Al-Ma'idah: 90-91].
It is not permissible for any Muslim to engage in gambling under any circumstances—whether the money obtained through gambling is spent on charitable causes or otherwise—because it is a vile, forbidden matter due to the generality of the evidence, and because the earnings obtained through gambling are among the forbidden earnings that must be abandoned and avoided. And success is from Allah.
Answer: Lottery operations are a title for gambling, which is maysir (gambling), and it is forbidden by the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and scholarly consensus, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: :
O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالأَنصَابُ وَالأَزْلاَمُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ It is not permissible for any Muslim to engage in gambling under any circumstances—whether the money obtained through gambling is spent on charitable causes or otherwise—because it is a vile, forbidden matter due to the generality of the evidence, and because the earnings obtained through gambling are among the forbidden earnings that must be abandoned and avoided. And success is from Allah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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